Gordon's 24 lead Pistons over Bucks, 113-104

Instead of playing with 6-foot-7 Richard Hamilton and 6-9
Tayshaun Prince, the 6-5 guard found himself in Detroit's best
combination with a smaller duo.

Stuckey, Will Bynum and Ben Gordon combined for 68 points in
Detroit's 113-104 victory over Milwaukee, including a
fourth-quarter stint that saw Stuckey playing small forward
while the 6-3 Gordon and 6-foot Bynum filled the guard spots.

"We've never tried that before, not even in practice, but I
thought it was great," said Stuckey, normally Detroit's point
guard. "I'm not worried about guarding bigger people - I can
handle myself out there."

New Pistons coach John Kuester also was happy with the
combination, especially since it allows him to rest Hamilton and
Prince.

"Those three guys are going to stretch a defense, and give
Tayshaun and Rip a chance to save their legs and have more
explosiveness," Kuester said. "I'm sure teams will try to post
them up when we play that group, and that's where we will have
to get help from our bigs."

Rookie Brandon Jennings led the Bucks (0-2) with 18.

"He needs floor experience. He made some great plays and he made
some plays that show he has a lot to learn," Milwaukee coach
Scott Skiles said. "That's understandable for his second NBA
game. The issue he has right now he is keeping people in front
of him - Bynum was going right by him."

The game was tied at 55 after a foul-filled first half, but
Detroit outscored the Bucks 28-16 in the third and won going
away.

"It's still exhibition season, and we're trying things and they
are trying things - stuff that you might not see in the regular
season," said Milwaukee's Andrew Bogut, who finished with nine
points. "We have a bunch of new guys from all over the league
and Europe, so it is going to take us some time to mesh."

The replacement referees caused confusion in the first quarter.
Ersan Ilyasova was fouled while shooting a jumper and awarded
two free throws. During the next timeout, more than 90 seconds
later, the officials decided he had been taking a 3-pointer, and
gave him another shot.

He made it, but Prince pointed out that the error was only
correctable within 24 seconds, so the point was taken away from
Milwaukee.

"I told him that they couldn't change it after five minutes or
whatever it was, and he said 'yeah, you're right,"' Prince said.
"Then I had to remind him to tell the scorer's table to take it
back off the board."

The officials called 68 fouls - 26 more than the average
regular-season game last year - and ejected Carlos Delfino and
Austin Daye for fighting in the final minute. Fellow rookie
Jonas Jerebko was ejected in Monday's win over Miami after a
scuffle with Jamaal Magloire.

"I have no idea what I got thrown out for - I was getting ready
to shoot the technical free throws when they told me was I was
gone," Daye said. "I know I didn't throw a punch - it would have
been stupid to do that after Jonas got thrown out of the last
game."

The Bucks started players from four continents - Europe
(Ilyasova), Australia (Bogut), Africa (Luc Mbah a Moute) and
North America (Michael Redd and Luke Ridnour) - and had South
America's Delfino coming off the bench.